Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:33:30 +1300   
   From: Philip    
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   Mark Warner wrote:   
   > Michel Firholz wrote:   
   >> One of the problem of that LINUX community, is that we will always   
   >> have hundreds of nice helping guys telling you how to do things over   
   >> command interface, wereas meanwhile you could do it just with two   
   >> clicks right from the GUI...   
   >> ;-)   
   >    
   > There is that. Most people tend to teach the same way *they* were   
   > taught, and many of the GUI tools that are now commonplace weren't   
   > around even a year or two ago.   
   >    
   > The point remains that there *will* come a time when the only way to   
   > accomplish a certain task will be through the command line. When that   
   > time comes, it will be easier for the new user if he has a little bit of   
   > experience with the CLI, no matter how limited.   
   >    
   You mean like running msconfig or ipconfig in Windows?   
      
   Philip   
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